How do the poems we have studied argue the differences between love and lust?
'...then worms shall try
That long-preserved virginity:
And your quaint honour turn to dust;
And into ashes all my lust.' - To His Coy Mistress
These four lines summarise Marvell's thoughts, both on love and on the subject of his lady's refusal to '...embrace...' him. The way he attacks her obvious honour with savage diction such as '...lust...' and '...quaint honour...' is crude and unkind, and leads the reader to believe he has very little regard for the feelings of his mistress. From the words '...lon…
